( NewsNation) — If you are looking to avoid mosquito bites this summer, scientists say eating garlic or rubbing it on your ...

Thankfully, Powassan virus is still rare in Minnesota, but that is not the case for the deadliest creature on earth, which is ...

M alaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. It is preventable and curable. There are 5 ...

Mosquitoes do a superb job of spreading diseases like malaria – now researchers have shown it's possible to hijack these pests and distribute vaccines via mosquito bite. In human trials, these ...

There are more than 3,500 types of mosquitoes, only some of which bite people. And it is only female mosquitoes that bite — they need blood as a source of protein for their eggs.

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When a male Anopheles coluzzii mosquito picks up the sound of female-specific wingbeats, his vision becomes active. These findings are detailed in a study published August 30 in the journal ...

Even if people were to agree to rid the globe of every mosquito — not just Anopheles gambiae but also ones that transmit other diseases or merely bite and irritate — it would be a “herculean ...

This 2014 photo made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a feeding female Anopheles gambiae mosquito.(James Gathany / ASSOCIATED PRESS) Mosquitoes are back in ...

A warm summer night, the hum of mosquitoes filling the air, and you, slathering on DEET, waving your arms like a windmill, and — if internet lore is to be believed — chugging vitamin B1 in the hopes ...

You may not be aware, but Aug. 20 is World Mosquito Day. It isn’t a day to celebrate mosquitoes. Instead, it marks the discovery, made in 1897 by the British doctor Sir Ronald Ross, that female ...